I’ve been Tagged and Bagged, Oh My!

Tricia over at Papercages caught me, tagged and bagged me so here is the deal:

Link back to the person that gottcha: check – did that!

Share 7 random or weird things about yourself – gotta think on that a bit

Tag 7 unsuspecting souls and link to them

Leave a notice on their comments so they know that they have been hit, er tagged.

So here goes the random or weird things about me:

1) I love butterflies and ladybugs. The rest of the insect world, not so much. In fact, every other insect better stay out of my way cause I’ll probably squish ’em if they get too close. I like butterflies so much that I have two different butterfly tattoos. I’ll probably wind up with a ladybug tattoo as some point.

2) I love fairies. I love the artwork of Amy Brown, Marjolein Gulinski and Jessica Galbreth. Maybe it has something to do with my love of butterflies and how closely related in looks they are. Some of my favorite tattoos are fairies that are well done.

3) I love to laugh. Humor makes my day and if I go a day without smiling and laughing about something then I’ve had a bad day. In another life I would have loved to be a stand up comic, a good one though. 🙂

4) I’m 1/4 Cherokee Indian and my paternal grandmother grew up on a reservation in Oklahoma. I have always had the coloring except for my eyes, they are blue. My mother was Scotch, Irish and German so the blue eyed gene won.

5) I hate math and I am horrible at it. Never could memorize the multiplication tables and if I can’t see it, I can’t do it. I can not do math in my head, period. I don’t see the numbers in my mind so I can’t do the math. I have to use paper and pencil and it better not be too hard or I need a calculator. It is actually embarrassing but I guess we can’t be good at everything or in my case, most things.

6) I love the ocean. That was the one thing I miss the most about moving from California to Kansas. At one point I lived a mile and a half from the beach and I absolutely loved it. Now I live to go to any big lake since it is as close as I usually get to the water. We went on vacation to Jamaica about two years ago and I was in absolute heaven for a week.

7) I want to be Maxine when I grow up. I love the sarcastic pessimism and “tough old broad” attitude expressed in these cartoons. I will never be the sweet old lady on the block so I guess I would rather be like Maxine who at least says what she feels and I tend to do that anyway. People I have worked with always said at least with me they knew where they stood. I tend to speak my mind even when I should keep my mouth shut. I’m pretty much a “what you see is what you get” kinda gal.

Well, there ya go. If you haven’t fallen asleep yet, thanks. If you are asleep…WAKE UP!! Sorry for yelling but I wouldn’t want you to get a crick in your neck and drool on your keyboard.

Great post – and thanks for not tagging me, seriously! I don’t have anyone else to tag until I make more blog buddies, so I’m happy just reading yours!

I love Maxine, too. She makes me laugh. I don’t think I’ll ever be quite that cranky – don’t have that kind of disposition – but maybe she’ll rub off on me someday! I will say, the older I get, the less sweet I get, so it could happen!

Hi Delaney – Just wandered over from Linda’s blog. I have now seen Maxine’s Motto for the second time today. I love it. The first time was on another blog, don’t even remember who or where. I’ve been following ole Maxine for years and this is the first time I’ve ever seen her motto. Good Post! Sheri

Rob:
That is supposed to be a protection against anyone changing any of my content through the feed but it is really annoying and I can’t seem to take that feature off. I need to get with Feedburner and have them help me. For now when it pops up just click on the X to close it or hit cancel. I may have to take Feedburner off.

Carla:
Just thought I would take pity on you and not tag you so you are safe for this one at least. I do love the Maxine comics cause it is usually something I would say, at least part of the time. I want to be the crazy lady when I’m older, it’s no fun being the kindly grandma type.

Sheri:
My Hubby would say that I am pretty much there in my quest to emulate my idol Maxine so I must be doing something right. I have a Maxine 2008 calendar and I’m hoping to get another one for 2009, hint – hint kids!

Interesting tidbits Delaney! We’ve got quite a few things in common: love butterflies and fairies too, my mom’s family is part of a cultural minority here. I hate math too – but only specifically Calculus! I’ve done this tag before but I would love to do it a third time – one of these days. Thanks for tagging me! 🙂

“That is supposed to be a protection against anyone changing any of my content through the feed but it is really annoying and I can’t seem to take that feature off. I need to get with Feedburner and have them help me. For now when it pops up just click on the X to close it or hit cancel. I may have to take Feedburner off.”

Rob:
I went back into Feedburner to fix it and it shows that the feature is inactive but it keeps doing it so I’m not sure what’s up with it and their customer support sucks. Sorry about that with the phone.